Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170199483 - Employee's cornea lacerated by bacon hook

Accident Summary Nr: 170199483 -- Report ID: 0950626 -- Event Date: 05/30/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112124763	07/26/1991	2013	0	Kern Valley Packing Company

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on May 30, 1991, Employee #1 was moving slabs of bacon in a cold storage room. The bacon slabs were suspended on bacon trees, which in turn were suspended from an overhead rail roller system. As a slab of bacon was being pushed around a curve, the roller jammed and the bacon tree disconnected from the overhead roller system and fell to the floor. A hook on the bacon tree that was protruding through the slab of bacon lacerated Employee #1's cornea. He was treated at the hospital for the injury and for potential infection from the pork product.

Keywords: EYE, JAMMED, ROLLER--MACH/PART, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112124763			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Butchers and meat cutters

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